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  • 3.00 Credits

    Designed to prepare the administrative professional to fulfill a challenging role in today's workplace. Employees must be able to adjust to a diversified workforce with emerging technologies and be prepared to function in an expanding and global marketplace. This course equips users to better handle these changes by providing instruction and activities directed toward technology, communications, human relations, time and organization management, finances, decision making, creative thinking, and lifelong learning. applications.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Introduces and simulates the procedural duties and tasks used in administrative medical offices. A specific emphasis is placed on proper preparation, especially in coding, and submission of medical insurance claims. Students will be introduced to the administrative and clerical responsibilities encountered in the medical office including scheduling appointments, patient records, filing and records management, legal and financial responsibilities. Students will receive hands-on practice in medical billing and insurance.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Designed for students as an introduction to Arabic Script and letter pronunciation, basic conversation skills and gradual building of reading, writing, and listening skills at a beginning level. Aspects of Arabic culture/history will be introduced.
  • 3.00 Credits

    A continuation of ARB 105. This course will help students to develop basic skills in aural comprehension, speaking, reading and writing. Basic grammatical concepts will be reviewed and more complex grammar and sentence structures will be presented. Students will be introduced to the cultures in Arabic-speaking countries through a variety of activities.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Surveys painting, sculpture, architecture and other related art forms of western culture with consideration of the aesthetic, historical, and technical significance of major artistic achievements.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course is divided into three basic areas. The first is the use of line and the development of form and balance. The second explores the use of shape, value, and space. The third relates to color. Through research and practice, the student gains a better understanding of design.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This is a foundational course in computer graphics and digital arts that will provide students with a strong basis for any field that utilizes a computer to produce artistic work, including animation, computer game and simulation development, web development, and graphic design. Emphasis will be placed on gaining the ability to effectively utilize the Principles and Elements of Visual Design when creating projects. The students will have the opportunity to build their portfilio by designing professional, finished imagery using Adobe Photoshop. Prior knowledge in Photoshop is not necessary, though students entering this course need to have a basic understanding of computers, including how to save and organize files, how to properly use a mouse, and how to use word processing applications.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Each student will gain a greater awareness and understanding of the Elements and Principles of Visual Design. This course introduces students to an in-depth exploration of the elements of design; line, shape, pattern and texture, illusion of space, illusion of motion, and value and the organizing principles of design: unity, emplasis, focal point, scale, proportion, balance, and rhythm. Projects emphasize creativity, conceptualization, problem-solving, expression, research techniques, and presentation through the creation of works in various media covering the major components of two-dimensional design.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course examines principles, tools, and techniques utilized in the design of motion graphics. Discussions focus on creating animated shapes, imagery, video, and text, all of which form the basis of motion graphics projects. Emphasis is also placed on creating dynamic and visually interesting moving pieces, including logo animations, kinetic typography,and title sequences, through the use of Adobe After Effects. Students develop finished, rendered works capable of delivery on CD, DVD, Broadcast, and the Worldw Wide Web. Although not necessary, knowledge of Adobe Photoshop may be beneficial to a student enrolling in this course.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This foundation course provides instruction in the basic concepts and techniques of drawing through the examination seeing and understanding the fundamentals of structure, composition, form, shape, space, and value. Course content primarily focuses on developing perceptual skills for observing and drawing the illusion of the natural, three-dimensional world on a two-dimensional world surface. Drawing subject matter includes studies of nature, still-life, the human figure, and perspective. Various media are used including graphite and charcoal.